New marketing plan for Cuba, MO?

While noodling around on the internet, besides finding some info on yesterday’s bank robbery in Cuba, I noticed some references to a new marketing plan for Cuba, MO. I followed the links to a Columbia Missourian article.  The report concerns a college project of Sean Siebert’s class. Siebert is an assistant professor of business administration [...]

Happy Birthday to us…Viva Cuba reaches a milestone…

The second birthday of the The Guinness World’s Largest Rocking Chair  was April 1. Shakepeare’s and my nephew’s birthdays were April 23. But another significant birthday for Viva Cuba was also April 23. The Viva Cuba Mural Blog was one year-old. This will be the 155th blog posted during the year. Although the blog is [...]

Meramec Electrical Products Employees step up for a cleaner Cuba…

Last evening, MEPCO employees met to execute their commitment  to Viva Cuba’s Trash Bash. They picked up trash along Hwy. PP and left it a lot cleaner than they found it. According to company Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Carolyn Sanazaro, “We had a lot of support and had a good time.” Viva Cuba [...]

Beautification goes pink at 3rd Generation…

Mary Miller is the owner of Java.net Books & Gifts, our local coffee shop/bookstore, and Viva Cuba’s May 8 Chair-i-table auction takes place there. But this is not a post on the auction. It is about Miller’s initiative and courage in her fight against lung cancer. It is about the power of sisterhood to share [...]

Lowes Landscaping gets the jump on Viva Cuba’s May 1 Trash Bash…

Heeding the call for Cuba businesses to help with the effort to clean up Cuba’s streets and neighboords, Erik Lowes, owner of Lowes Landscaping, took the initiative of attending the last Viva Cuba meeting and committing to cleaning up around the old Industiral Park sign. “I intended to do this yesterday on Earth Day, but [...]

Spyders enjoy after-dark mural tour and ceremony at Veterans Memorial

The Cuba Free Press chronicled “Spyder bikers infest city for weekend festival” in a recent article. We thought that you might enjoy a few “after ride” photos of the well attended event. The group gathered at Frisco’s for dinner. The group adjourned to the Holiday Inn Express for more visiting and a reception. Some Spyders were [...]

4 Rt. 66 stops for Society of American Travel writer members…

Viva Cuba members met six members of the Society of American Travel Writer members and three officials from the Missouri Division of Tourism at the World’s Largest Rocker. They were interested in Route 66.  Here’s what they focused on as we toured: 1. The Rocker and meeting Dan Sanazaro, owner of the Fanning US 66 [...]

To everything there is a season…Viva Cuba finds it a time to plant…

Cuba, MO: Viva Cuba members gathered yesterday to plant the black planters and other assorted planters around town in anticipation of full, lush pots of flowers during the summer. The plants always look  meager when they are placed in the pots in the spring. But with some tending and water, they flourish to fill the [...]

Vintage 50s Greyhounds gather at Frisco’s…

Viva Cuba members never know what the day will bring. On Tuesday of last week, it was a call from Frisco’s Gill & Pub about three vintage Greyhound buses. I met the group at Frisco’s and realized they had a real passion for their method of transportation. They gladly allowed me on the buses and [...]

Backroads Magazine resumes publication in May…

Cuba, MO: The  Cuba High School Journalism class debuts a new edition of Backroads magazine in May. The student publication ceased publication in 1997 after 20 editions, but Journalism teacher Sue Ryle, an alum of Backroads and Cuba High School, is reviving the magazine in 2010. Backroads , which started in 1975, was named at [...]